As a longtime fan of Scott Adams' cartoons and books, I like the turn he took here. It's still the same curmudgeonly, egotistical and unusually spot-on guy, but with a healthy dash of Dave Barry's immaturity and slice-of-life style. In articles spanning the range in length and covering a variety of topics, this book is a funny and light read suitable for a plane ride, a bedside, or a bathroom shelf.

I read Scott Adams' blog religiously but I don't read Dilbert often so I view him as more of a thinker and humorist than as a cartoonist.This book includes some portions from his blog and it is as funny. He is creative and has a great knack for wording things in a vividly hilarious way, coining weird phrases and images.

Not only does Adams make me laugh aloud, he inspires me. Calling himself a cynical optimist, he ceaselessly makes fun of himself and the world but he also thinks about how the world could work better, and always believes that he can succeed. He shares his past failures and talks about having high expectations because people become their expectations. He's smart and perceptive- I think this must be related to humor because all the funny people I know have both those qualities, but not necessarily the other way around.

If you want a good laugh and some ideas to chew over (he ranges from philosophy to marital issues to world politics), I recommend this book and the Dilbert blog! I think this book makes you feel good, makes you laugh, makes you think. What more could you ask for?

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  If you enjoy Scott Adams blog you will love this book. It is not a Dilbert book its more about Scott and his life then Dilberts.

The book is a series of mostly 1 page shorts, similar to the author's blog posts (which I also read and enjoy.)This would be great for short reading spurts, like bathroom reading.I can't imagine reading this alone straight through, most of the material is random.Good fun reading!

I was not a fan of Dilbert...just never paid much attention to it, but after reading this book, I think I might have to!The book has nothing to really do with the cartoon though.This is a fun and irreverent book on daily life and the humor found within it.It's just a really great read.

Rating: 3.5

Scott Adams is the creator of the infamous Dilbert comics, which I must admit to never having read. If anything though, not being a Dilbert groupie makes me an unbiased reviewer. The title of Scott Adam¡¦s latest book is pretty reflective of its contents: funny, silly, self-deprecating and slightly offensive. The book contains over 150 short pieces which are not so much stories as they are random musings on human behavior, dating, sports, travel, dieting and everything in between (and some topics that I could definitely have lived without, such as Chinese striptease funerals). Adams also includes some Dilbert comic strips and provides some background explanation and commentary on them, which I found pretty interesting.

Adams is a good writer and there were quite a few times when he did make a good point or provided some interesting insight. Then I would question my opinion after reading on to a crazy comment, such as the idea of the asterisk being the most obscene letter in the English language (I wasn¡¦t aware that it was a letter¡Khmmm). But to be fair Adams adds that ¡§the asterisk protects you from seeing naked cuss words that would otherwise blind you and put you on the slippery slope to porn addiction¡¨. Thanks for clearing that one up Mr. Adams º

On a serious note, this book cannot nor should not be taken too seriously. It¡¦s intended to make people laugh and so it succeeds. There were some sections I loved, others I liked, some I found offensive and others just left me dumbfounded. No matter what my specific reaction was though, I think the point is that I did react.It made me think. It made me laugh. It made me blush.

It is my understanding that all of the pieces in the book originated from Adams¡¦ blog which would explain the over all offbeat nature of the writing topics, which definitely makes it a unique read.

This book is a good one to leave on your night table and read every once in a while for a good laugh or in some cases a good scare. It¡¦s the kind of book that can be picked up at any time and read in any order over and over again, which I probably will.

Finally I¡¦ll leave you with Adams¡¦ thoughts on marriage (from the back cover):

¡§Now I¡¦m married, and that means I have to explain myself a lot. I can no longer leave a hot iron on my shirt just to see how long it takes to burn it, then draw more comics and buy another shirt. Suddenly that sort of thing is wrong¡¨.

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